1. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com Open Source Practices and Technical Communication Programs Brent Faber Johndan Johnson-Eilola Clarkson University

2. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 20022 Open Source Practices and Tech Comm Programs Open source represents –transition away from commodified information –an approach to software creation Open source products –Linux, Apache, StarOffice, Zope, Gnome, KDE

3. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 20023 Transitioning Away from Commodified Information Commodified information structures communication as anonymous receipt of mass, discrete, and proprietary pieces of information OSS structures information as communal, co-developed, localized spaces for ongoing work Implication: demonstrate a more complex model of communication and technology in use.

4. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 20024 A Framework for Education Structural differences among different resource formats impede efforts to develop a learning community With OSS, education issues/critique include media, medium, and message. OSS complicates framework issues.

5. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 20025 Crateware

6. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 20026 Crateware Based on an OSS content management system called "Zope," Crateware includes classes of standard learning modules that can be shared among different courses (and institutions). http://www.clarkson.edu/~odriscej/cr atewaretest/theorytoolssidebar.htmlhttp://www.clarkson.edu/~odriscej/cr atewaretest/theorytoolssidebar.html

7. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 20027 Crateware

8. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 20028 Crateware Simulation-based, activity-based learning On-line modules support activity learning Course demo: www.crateware.orgwww.crateware.org

9. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 20029 Implications Design and share new content modules with the Crateware community Design and share architecture Crateware helps to break down the distinction between "textbook" and "syllabus"

10. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 200210 Potential Connections MIT OpenCourseWare: focus seems to be on MIT materials Open Knowledge Initiative: Open Source Framework. Not project based, but Crateware may either adapt OKI or be interoperable

11. background image (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com 4 October 2002Faber and Johnson-Eilola CPTSC 200211 Building Communities: Integration of Producers and Users The OSS model, because it goes beyond commodified information and requires users and developers to become a part of a community. The OSS model provides a much broader and richer environment for learning.